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From: kwgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Karol Gieszczykiewicz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: good news
Summary: got the K10 working, a question or 2
Message-ID: <75182@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 3 Jan 91 19:32:25 GMT
Reply-To: kwgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Karol Gieszczykiewicz)
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	Greetings. I got the K10 working. Here's how (maybe someone
	else got a non-working one too)

	If you take the case off and face the HD controller board, 
	try to locate all the mounting screws for the PCB. There should
	be 4. Now, look at the top-left one (nearest the face panel
	on top) and take it out (with a screwdriver). The problem
	with my K10 was that, after years of vibrations, the HD
	controller shifted so much as to make a resistors lead touch
	the grounding screw. That's why, early on, it's a just a 
	"flakey" HD drive and only later (after many angry HITS on
	the right side ;-) does it fail completely...

	Well, all I did was put a small plastic washer on that mounting
	screw, formatted the drive, and let it run all night. No
	problems yet! [wheeeeee]

	Now for the question (no, not related). I would like to
	know more about the TurboROM. I took out the old 10MB drive
	and put in a 40 MB 28 ms. I UNDERSTAND that the most I can
	get is a speed improvement, but I want MORE :-) A person I
	know put in 2 10MB drives and just put a switch on the
	front panel so he can switch them in and out ! :-) Viola,
	20MB! [grin]

	Take care.